An application that would allow a webcam to work as a time-lapse camera with varying rates of frame recording. There would also be a small data base containing the true dimensions and a graphic representations of a couple of hundred common objects frequently used to show scale within a time-lapse film.

The software would seek to match any of these object shapes within each frame of the recorded interval (Examples: coins, a 12 oz soda can, a #10 nut & bolt, a 32 gallon trash can) with a common object located and it's dimensions known, the software could then calculate the change of the subject of the time-lapse from one frame to the next in order to provide actual sizes,